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 “Climategate” Hoax or Political Spin? by Mike Mulligan
As the warmer December winds move in the Bay area, producing humid 90 degree temperatures, many have uttered the words “global warming”. I remember seeing the Jacque Cousteau documentaries and NASA films of dying ...
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New technologies, the electric car and its infrastructure will bail us out of the “Great Recession
by Mike Mulligan
Those that are getting their regular paychecks may not feel it. Those that read and hear of others going through bad times, may still not get it. Real estate publications, economists, progn...
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PTC “Takes a Mulligan” on the Electrics
by Mike Mulligan
9/2/09
I received a call that there was an emergency meeting set for the next day at 2:00, 9/1/09 with the PTC. I thought, my lawyer won't be able to make it, but perhaps events could take a turn for the better.
I am one of ...
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| Thursday, 11 March, 2010 |
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House hunting via real estate apps
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=235715
NEW YORK – March 11, 2010 – Smart phone apps are becoming increasingly popular among homebuyers, sellers and the real estate professionals who serve them.
Zillow.com, which...
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High-Speed Rail May Cause Boom In Home Construction
http://cfnews13.com/Business/LocalBusinessHeadlines/2010/3/10/highspeed_rail_may_cause_boom_in_home_construction.html
TAMPA -- The planned high-speed rail project linking Tampa and Orlando could put home development on the fast track.
One cons...
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Tendril lands $30M investment, eyes smart-grid future
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/07/20/story4.html?q=tendril networks
The buzzword in the electricity industry these days is “smart” — as in smart grid and smart technology.
And when the term is used in reference to home ...
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How A Jet Engine Works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1TqwAKwMuM&feature=related
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Amazing Invention Burning Salt Water for Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yLj46OR_nA&feature=related
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| Monday, 08 March, 2010 |
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OIL and YOU
http://home.earthlink.net/~oilandyou/
Forty-five years after it was first released, Bob Dylan's song "The Times They Are a-Changin'" is relevant to the conditions that exist in today's world. Skyrocketing energy demands, global warmin...
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How Can America Break the Dependence on Foreign Oil?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrCMwL3a68
CLICK ABOVE LINK.
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America spends more than $200,000 per minute on foreign oil
http://www.nrdc.org/air/transportation/aoilpolicy2.asp
America spends more than $200,000 per minute on foreign oil -- $13 million per hour. More than $25 billion a year goes for Persian Gulf imports alone. This NRDC analysis considers oil demand ...
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Welcome to Our Oil Dependency
http://www.oildependency.org/
Welcome to Our Oil Dependency,
Each day, the United States is responsible for 25% of the world’s oil consumption, despite holding only 5% of the world’s population. With the emergence of other industrial natio...
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Oil dependence: facts and figures
http://www.setamericafree.org/oildependence.htm
How does foreign oil dependence impact our economy and security? Which sector of the economy consumes the most oil? How will China's growing oil dependence affect the U.S.? Click on the headlines below ...
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Economists: Fed to Boost Rates Within Six Months
http://moneynews.com/StreetTalk/US-ECONOMY-INTERESTRATES-FEDERALRESERVE/2010/03/08/id/351925?s=al&promo_code=98D5-1
Most U.S. business economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise benchmark interest rates within six months by between a qu...
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Foreclosed borrowers may get loans again
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=235204
NEW YORK – March 8, 2010 – Will people who currently face foreclosure or short sales or who walk away from their underwater properties ever be able to get financing to buy ano...
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| Friday, 05 March, 2010 |
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Mortgage rates fall below 5 percent again
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=234941
McLEAN, Va. – March 5, 2010 – Mortgages rates have dipped below 5 percent again, four weeks before a government program that is helping keep rates low is scheduled to run out....
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Principal reductions will save mortgages, Ocwen chief tells Congress
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/principal-reductions-will-save-mortgages-ocwen-chief-tells-318585.html
People who can no longer afford their home could start seeing price cuts on the back end as more lenders reluctantly accept th...
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| Wednesday, 03 March, 2010 |
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Gov’t extends deadline for refinance program
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=234568
WASHINGTON (AP) – March 3, 2010 – The government is giving homeowners another year to refinance their loans under a little-used program designed to help borrowers whose homes ...
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Nine tips to sell your home in 2010
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=234576
WASHINGTON – March 3, 2010 – Signs of a recovery in the real estate market indicate this may not be the “Winter of your Discount Tent.” Home sales, value and mortgage appl...
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Online job ads drop nationally, but rise in Sarasota area
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100303/COLUMNIST/3031025/2107/BUSINESS?Title=Online-job-ads-drop-nationally-but-rise-in-Sarasota-area
We're all still getting more than our fair share of gloom and doom on the employment front, so how about ...
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| Tuesday, 02 March, 2010 |
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Florida population expected to rebound
http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/03/01/daily15.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article
After losing residents for the first time in more than a half century in the last year, Florida is on target to add about 23,000 resid...
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| Monday, 01 March, 2010 |
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Warren Buffett sees housing market bouncing back by 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-03-01-buffett01_ST_N.htm
Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. will recover from the residential real estate slump by 2011 as demand for houses catches up with the supply that accumulated duri...
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| Friday, 26 February, 2010 |
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North East England eyes low carbon future
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8507888.stm
"It is a watertight, fingertight, dustproof box," grins David Fothergill as he installs a charging point for electric cars in the Newcastle City Council car park.
A massive roll-out of ...
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Nissan electric car sign-ups to start in April
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCSWQ5QkWJNeHR7rjM41z5BT4ssgD9DQ97D80
NEW YORK — Nissan Motor Co. says it will start signing up customers in April who want to buy its new Leaf electric car, with shipments starting by the end o...
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Nissan has emerged as a surprise leader in the push toward electrification of the auto
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/nissan-leaf-2/
Nissan, led by enthusiastic CEO Carlos Ghosn, has emerged as a surprise leader in the push toward electrification of the automobile. What is so remarkable about this is Nissan was not even par...
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| Thursday, 25 February, 2010 |
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The venture to power 60,000 electric vehicles
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100225/BIZ/2250351/1001
A pair of green initiatives by Dow Chemical Co. and its partners will bring hundreds of jobs and hundreds of millions of investment dollars to the state, the Michigan Economic Development...
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At F.D.I.C. , Bracing for a Wave of Failures
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100224/ZNYT01/2243000/1003/NEWS?Title=At-F-D-I-C-Bracing-for-a-Wave-of-Failures
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is bracing for a new wave of bank failures that could cost the agency many billions of ...
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| Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 |
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STR: Tampa-St. Pete, Washington show year-over-year declines
http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2010/02/22/daily30.html
The Tampa-St. Petersburg market, host of the Super Bowl on Feb. 1, 2009, posted steeper year-over-year declines in occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available ro...
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| Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 |
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Read the fine print in a short sale
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=233552
TAMPA, Fla. – Feb. 23, 2010 – With so many distressed homeowners owing more than their homes are worth, short sales have become lifelines.
These types of sales make up mor...
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| Wednesday, 17 February, 2010 |
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Electric motor expertise sold Spanish firm on Milwaukee
http://www.jsonline.com/business/84536367.html
In the race to attract green jobs, it turns out that Milwaukee's old-economy legacy of manufacturing is more plus than minus.
The strengths of a region once known as the "machine shop to the ...
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| Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 |
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Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/business/15electric.html?adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1266332562-4Cgg6Oq5Ezac1lua8z34VQ
SAN FRANCISCO — If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first.
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| Friday, 12 February, 2010 |
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New Bradley Electric vehicle Sports Model
http://www.getmsm.com/ev/BradleyGT/default.htm
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| Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 |
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The Problem with PayPal
http://dan.tobias.name/thenet/paypal/
UPDATE: PayPal has been acquired by Ebay. The jury is still out about whether this will make the management and service of PayPal better or worse, but I have noticed much fewer "PayPal horror stories&quo...
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| Monday, 08 February, 2010 |
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PayPal Competitor Startups Step Up to the Plate
http://www.techstartups.com/2008/09/26/paypal-competitor-startups-step-up-to-the-plate/
GigaOM reports on six potential PayPal contenders in the online payment processing marketplace.
Let’s break ‘em down:
1. eBillMe – Having raised $...
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| Wednesday, 03 February, 2010 |
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State official says energy efficiency and green jobs are central to economic recovery
http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_f6f70a10-106a-11df-bf73-001cc4c002e0.html
Wisconsin Department of Labor Secretary Roberta Gassman said energy efficiency, new green jobs and worker training initiatives would be the key to a slow but...
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Do you know where your oil is from? Look north
http://www.pjstar.com/business/x573995359/Do-you-know-where-your-oil-is-from-Look-north
PEORIA — Dave Sykuta, executive director of the Illinois Petroleum Council, says the United States has a friend in Canada.
It also has a growing source o...
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| Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 |
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Obama administration readies loan program changes
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=230899
WASHINGTON – Jan. 27, 2010 – The Obama administration will soon announce it is reworking its struggling mortgage relief program and prodding lenders to slash the total amount ...
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| Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 |
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Castor hints at Tampa rail announcement from Obama
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=230823
TAMPA, Fla. – Jan. 26, 2010 – When President Barack Obama comes to Tampa this week, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says he might be bringing good news for Florida rail supporters to...
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Economists see no stimulus jobs
http://www.jsonline.com/business/82657582.html
Despite federal programs that have pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into homeowner tax credits, automaker bailouts and other measures meant to stimulate the economy, more than two-thirds of eco...
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Report: Al-Qaeda aims to hit U.S. with WMDs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35072269/
When al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called off a planned chemical attack on New York's subway system in 2003, he offered a chilling explanation: The plot to unleash poison gas on New Yorkers was ...
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Foreclosure relief program riddled with flaws
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35062033/ns/business-mortgage_mess/
Millions of Americans who are struggling to save their homes from foreclosure are trapped in a labyrinth of disappointment and misinformation created by the very institutions they...
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Small but growing number of residents selling solar and wind energy back to utilities
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2010/01/small_but_growing_number_of_re.html
A miniscule but growing number of Consumers Energy customers are installing wind and solar applications at their homes to reduce their energy usage as well ...
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| Monday, 25 January, 2010 |
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Some teens backing away from Facebook
http://www.995fm.com/cc-common/news/sections/lifestylearticle.html?feed=104774&article=6511886
(UPI) - Some U.S. teens are surprised by how much time they spend on Facebook and are imposing limits on themselves, two experts say.
Sherry Turk...
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| Sunday, 24 January, 2010 |
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Is biofuel is the green answer to oil-based jet fuel? SEE VIDEO
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8477452.stm
click above link for video
Two of the Middle East's biggest airlines Etihad and Qatar Airways -have announced plans to run their planes on biofuel.
Environmentalists have criticised the gro...
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Google co-founders to sell shares
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8477521.stm
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are selling 10 million of their shares, raising $5.5bn (£3.4bn) at today's prices.
The stock sale means they will no longer have majority control. T...
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| Wednesday, 20 January, 2010 |
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How Can I Help with the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort? Easy Text Haiti to 90999 $10 added Bill
Text Message Donations and Online Donations to Help Haiti
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 has brought out the giving spirit among many who have been watching in horror as disaster footage is shown on television. For tho...
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New York Times to charge for Web access in 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times says it will charge readers for full access to its Web site starting in 2011, a risky move aimed at drawing more revenue online without driving away advertisers that want the biggest possible audience.
The potential...
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Earthquake threatens Haiti's key garment sector, and its ties to South Florida
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-haiti-apparel-20100119,0,6077596.story
Haiti's devastating earthquake has crippled the country's garment industry, a growing source of jobs and exports and a vital link in trade with South Florida.
App...
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| Monday, 18 January, 2010 |
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Stuck with time shares
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=230396
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Jan 18, 2010 – For Stacey Udell, a Craigslist ad enticing her to own a piece of property in the Bahamas for $3,000 was too good to pass up. The accountant ...
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| Sunday, 17 January, 2010 |
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Haiti
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/haiti/index.html
One of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, Haiti in recent years has struggled with problems ranging from near-constant political uphe...
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| Thursday, 14 January, 2010 |
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South Florida Hires Skip Holtz
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/01/14/south-florida-hires-skip-holtz/
TAMPA, Fla. -- East Carolina coach Skip Holtz has accepted an offer to be South Florida's next football coach, FanHouse has learned.
Holtz, 45, led the Pirates to a ...
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| Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 |
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Leavitt's firing sets Internet ablaze with coverage
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2010/1/8/567762.html
BAY NEWS 9 -- The firing of coach Jim Leavitt took on a life of its own on the Internet.
Even non-sports fans and non-sports related websites have been talking about the subject.
On ...
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| Monday, 11 January, 2010 |
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Coach Leavitt’s Firing Unnecessary and without Due Process
by Mike Mulligan
The coach of the University of South Florida, Jim Leavitt was fired on Friday, Jan 8th, for allegedly slapping a player during halftime of a game. It could go down as landmark decision in college athletics as many issues may com...
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